Improvement in stem-winding and hand-setting watch



O. L. KIDDER & I. A. JONES. STEM WINDING AND HAND SETTING WATCH.

No. 104,856. Patented June 28, 1870.

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CHARLES L. KInDEn AND FLORENTINE A. JONES, or BOSTON, nassa onusnr'rs; SAID KIDDER AssIc'Ns 111s RIGHT TO SAID JONES.

Letters Patent N 104,856, dated June 28, 1876 antedatcd June 16,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN STEM-WINDING- AND HAND-SETTING- WATCH.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern.-

Be it 'known that we, CHAR-LES L. KInDnn and FLORENTINE A. JONES, both of Boston, county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, but at present residing at Schaifhausen, in Switzerland, have invented certain Improvements in Operating the Hand-- setting Mechanism of Watches; and do herebydeclare the following to bea full, clear, and exact desci iption thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Figures 5 and 6 show modifications of cam-cylinders or connecting-rods.

The object of our invention is to produce more convenient, and at the same time ornamental means of connecting and disconnecting the hand-setting mechanism of a watch with the system of gear-wheels con ncctiug with the cannon-pinion and hands, than in Ordinary use, while we do not impair the strength and durability of the different parts.

.The nature of our invention consists in the em; ployment of a ring'or annulus fitted to the pendant of a watch-case, in such a manner as to move freely. This ring has a screw passing its rim, and through a cam end a-otingupon a lower-spring, en gages or disengages the proper wheels for setting the hands or winding the watch.

In the drawing.-

A. is a watch-case.

B is the pendant.

Passing through the pendant is spindle 1?, whose ofiice it-is to serve as the shaft for opclratin g the m och; anism for winding the watch and forsetting the hands, and also for depressing the case-spring o.

X is a knob upon the outer end of spindle d.

'R is a ring upon pendant B, and turns upon it.

In'one side of ring R is screw This screw passes through ring R and. through aslot cut in pendant B horizontally, occupying o ie-third more or less of the circumference, according to the angle of the cam of the cylinder 0 or amount of throw required to connect the hand-setting mechanism with the cannon-pinion. c is a cylinder upon spindle d. This cylinder is provided with cam-slot c and projection g. Modifications of. cylinder areshown in figs. 5 and 6'.

Upon'the lower end of spindle d, and turning with it, are clutch and pinion K, in one piece; This'is movable up and down on the spindlcd, but upon the square partof it, so that K always turns with (I.

Above K, loose upon the spindle d, are toothed wheel in and a clutch, n.

h is'a forked spring, the inner fork bearing upon clutch and pinion K, and the outer fork bearing against projection g of sleeve 0.

t'is a gear-wheel which connects with the handwheels, and a b the systemflot wheels connected with the winding of thewatch.

t is a recess within the case-spring 0, for admitting the projection g of cylinder 0, and prevents the turning of the cylinder.

Upon the spindle (l, where it passes through the case-spring o, is a shoulder, which depresses cascspring when the knob at. is pressed. This is done without interfering in the least with the operation of the parts constituting our particular invention.

. The operation of our invention is as follows:

First, to wind the watch, see that the ring It is turned so that screw Sis nearly at one side of the pendant, as seen in fig. 1, and, asithe point of screw S travels in cam c in cylinder 0, through a slot in the pendant,'when the screw is in position shown in fig.

-1, the cylinder is raised, and the projection 9 being removed from the outer fork of spring in, the force oi spring It brings the clutch of pinion K into connection with clutch a of the toothed wheel an. Thus, by turning spindle (Z to the right, the toothed wheel m is actuated by pinion K, and thowheel'm actuatcs the system of wheels to I), being in connection with them. This turns the post. 1), and winds the watch. No harm is done if the spindle (l is turnedto the left, as the pinion K, being movable upon spindle (I, the clutch would readily pass, being held up by spring 71-.

Second, to set the hands, turn the -'ring It so that the screw S will be to the front, as shown in fig. 3, by the point of screw traveling in cam c. This movement would bring the cylinder 0 down, and the projection-g, pressing upon the Outer fork of spring h,

the inner fork receives same motion, and carries pinion K down upon spindle (Z, engaging the toothed or lower side of pinion K with the geared wheel -z'. At

the same time the clutch of pinion K is disengaged from clutch of toothed wheel in. N ow, by turning the'spindlcd by means of knob .r, the pinion K is made to actuate'wheel i, which connects with the hzmd-whcels, thus securing the required movement of the hands.

It will be seen vfrom the above that the cylinder 0 does not turn; but it may be so constructed, as shown in 6, and fastened by pins to the ring R, as to turn, and, by its cain end acting upon the spring 7i, accomplish the objectdesired, orthe form shown in fig. 6 can be employed and avoid the slot 0 in cylinder c. in this case the action would be the same as that of cylinder 0, already described.

\Vhat we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination ofring R, having screw or pin S, pendant B, and cylinder 0, or equivalentcylinder, snhsi'antiall as shown.

2. The ring 1?, provided with the pin S, and combined with the slotted cylinder 0, spindle (L spring 7i, and toothed wheels m 7; a I), in the manner described, and for the purpose of Winding watches.

3. The ring R, provided with the pin S, and combined with the slotted cylinder 0, spindle spring h, and toothed wheels in 7; '1", in the manner described, and for the purpose of setting watch-hands.

In testimony Whereoi'we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAS. L. KIDDEH. FLORIGBVLIXE A. JONES. Witnesses:

.l. BAKE, F. Fonns'rnn. 

